Today we went to Kimball Farm in Westford, MA for the summer outing organized by my employer. Kimball Farm is famous for their ice cream, but it also has a golf course, driving range, batting cage, bumper boats, etc, and you can enjoy various outdoor activities all day long. Anyone who is an employee of our company or his/her family members can join.

まずはお昼ご飯。私はチーズバーガーととうもろこし、野菜のグリル、ポテトサラダ。

First we had our lunch. I chose a cheese burger, corn on the cob, vegetable kebab, and some potato salad.

夫は私と同じメニュープラスホットドッグ。ハンバーガーはまあまあおいしいです。

My husband chose the same menu as mine plus a hot dog.

ビールなどのアルコールもあります。これは Kimball Farm Amber Brew というビールです。

We can also get alcoholic beverages. This is the beer called "Kimball Farm Amber Brew".

ゴルフの打ちっぱなし。打ち放題です。一人１００球以上打って楽しみました。

Golf range. You can hit as many balls as you want. We both hit more than 100 balls.

I only got a little bit of strawberry sauce and pineapple sauce. It was tasty, but I could not finish all... After the ice cream, we played golf again, tried batting cage, etc and spent a great time. Unfortunately Poirot could not join as dogs are not allowed here...

Siam Seafood (Seafood and vegetables in a mild chili sauce). I ordered extra spicy (but it was not too spicy...). It was good, but I was already too full to finish it all. We talked about a lot of stupid stuffs and had a great time!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Poirot loves to play with a ball. He always find his tennis ball when I hide it somewhere and ask him to bring it to me. This morning when I took him a walk, he found a baseball and carried it in his mouth all the way to home. You have such a big mouth, Poirot!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Today we had a small farewell party for one of my colleagues at Jo Jo Taipei, a Taiwanese restaurant. He is Irish, and is used to eat various offal dishes, blood sausages, etc, so he loves to eat Asian food made from weird (at least for some American people) ingredients.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

日中は暑いので家の中で過ごし、日が傾いてきた午後７時半ごろから North End へおでかけ。North End はボストンにあるイタリア人街で、たくさんのイタリアンレストランやカフェなどがあり、観光名所にもなっています。土曜日なので、車を止める場所があるかどうか心配でしたが、ラッキーなことに開いているスペースを発見。駐車場代を払わなくてすみました。

During the day time, it was too hot to go out, so we stayed home most of the time and went out to North End at around 7:30 pm. North End is an Italian town in Boston and there are many Italian restaurants and cafes, and is always crowded with tourists. I was worried abort a parking space as it was Saturday, but luckily we could find a spot on the street. We didn't have to pay for the parking!

Since Poirot was with us, we had limited options for restaurants that we could go (only ones with patios). Since we were not too hungry, we decided to take a light meal at Goody Glover's, an Irish pub (in the Italian town!).

だんだんと日も暮れてきました。

It's getting dark.

Poirot はちょっとお疲れの様子。

Poirot looked a little bit tired.

ムール貝。白ワインとにんにくのソースです。貝があまり新鮮ではないような...。開いてない貝が結構ありました。

Mussels in white wine and garlic sauce. Mussels did not seem very fresh... There were a quite few shells that were not open.

ムール貝と一緒に出てきたパン。バゲットをプレスしてぺちゃんこにしたもので、ムール貝のソースをつけて食べるとおいしかったです。

Bread came with mussels. It was tasty with the sauce from mussels.

ソーセージ三種とたまねぎ、赤ピーマンなどのソテー。二種類のマスタードとピタブレッドもついてきます。

Three kinds of sausages and vegetables. Came with two different mustard and pita bread.

Fried sweet potatoes. Potatoes were sweet and not bud, but not crispy enough. All these dishes were appetizer, but were big portions.

食事が終わった頃にはもうすっかり暗くなってしまいました。この後、North End の中心部に行ったのですが、すごい数の観光客であふれかえっていて、歩くのも大変だったので、すぐに退散。

It was totally dark by the time we finished our dinner. After the dinner, we went to the center part of North End, but there were so many tourists on the streets and it was difficult to walk, so we left there quickly.

About Me

Thank you for visiting my blog. I was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, and currently live in the Boston area with my husband from Taiwan and Poirot, the pug (male). We love to travel different places and eat good food of any kind (from street foods to Michelin 3 star restaurants). My articles are mostly written in Japanese, but I'll gradually add English version, as well.